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Book and lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Music: Stephen Flaherty Director: Robert McWhir Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: The Landor Theatre in Clapham scored a major success with the Ahrens and Flaherty musical Ragtime last year and subsequently have begun to explore some of the lesser performed shows from their repertoire. February saw their first piece Lucky Stiff [...]

Writer/Director/Perfomer: Rainer Hersch Reviewer: Sonny Waheed The Public Reviews Rating: Rainer Hirsch is a classical pianist and stand up comedian whose own early shows earned him rave reviews and many comparisons with Victor Borge. At the time, however, Hersch had no idea who Victor Borge was. This show is, in parallel, the story of Borge’s own remarkable life [...]

Reviewer Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: It’s hard to write about NDT2 without gushing. Very hard. A large part of the feverish excitement about their performances is due to their rarity, with NDT2 only visiting London every five years, guaranteeing that audiences will never have the chance to tire of them. Another appeal of both NDT2 and [...]

Writer: Karin Young Director: Fiona MacPherson Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: As the world tries to come to terms with financial Armageddon and the UK government initiates cuts across the Welfare State that Thatcher herself would be proud of, Karin Young’s new play The Awkward Squad is hitting just the right notes at just the [...]

Reviewer: Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: Ballet Black celebrated their ten-year anniversary last year, and their new season shows them to be full of confidence and promise for the years to come. Originally founded in 2001 to address the absence of roles for black and Asian dancers, Ballet Black, led by Artistic Director Cassa Pancho, has always [...]

Reviewer Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: The BalletBoyz originally became a sensation in 1999 thanks to a Channel 4 documentary following them in their post-Royal Ballet lives leading to their creation of George Piper Dances, which is best known these days as BalletBoyz. Ten years later, they decided to seek out their next generation of dancers, with [...]

 Reviewer Emily Peckham The Public Reviews Rating: From the moment that I arrived in the the 4th floor studio rooms,it felt like I had stepped back in time and walked straight into a 1920′s bohemian uprising. Actors and actresses met me at the door and were stationed on each level of the stairs until I reached the main [...]

Writer: Euripides Translator: Ranjit Bolt Director: Natalie Katsou Reviewer: Marina Spark The Public Reviews Rating: Theatro Technis is host to the Fourth Monkey Theatre Company over the next few weeks as the young theatre company perform their season of rep shows. Last night the company performed ‘The Bacchae’ by Euripides. This new translation by Ranjit Bolt hit all [...]